KCI: Past, Present, and Future

Architects who helped design Kansas City International Airport – Tom Nelson, Bob Berkebile, Vernon Reed, Hanan Kivett – and city aviation director Mark VanLoh hold a round-table discussion about the facility’s creation, years of service, and probable scenarios for replacing the three circular terminals with a new centralized design.

The completion of KCI was instrumental in Kansas City’s coming of age, but concerns about security and efficiency have forced officials to consider renovations or outright reinvention.